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<H1><HR><I>Manual Reference Pages &nbsp;-&nbsp;</I><NOBR>squeeze (3m_strings)</NOBR><HR></H1>
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     <H3>NAME</H3>

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<B>squeeze</B>(3f) - [M_strings:EDITING] delete adjacent duplicate occurrences
of a character from a string
(LICENSE:PD)
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<A name=contents></A><H3>CONTENTS</H3></A>
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<A HREF=#1>Synopsis</A><BR>
<A HREF=#2>Description</A><BR>
<A HREF=#3>Options</A><BR>
<A HREF=#4>Returns</A><BR>
<A HREF=#5>Examples</A><BR>
<A HREF=#6>Author</A><BR>
<A HREF=#7>License</A><BR>
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     <H3>SYNOPSIS</H3>

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function <B>squeeze</B>(STR,CHAR) result (<I>OUTSTR</I>)
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    character(len=*),intent(in)          :: STR
    character(len=*),intent(in),optional :: CHAR
    character(len=len(str))              :: OUTSTR
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     <H3>DESCRIPTION</H3>

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<B>squeeze</B>(3f) reduces adjacent duplicates of the specified character to
a single character
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     <H3>OPTIONS</H3>

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<B>STR</B> </TD><TD valign=bottom>
input string in which to reduce adjacent duplicate characters
to a single character
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<B>CHAR</B> </TD><TD valign=bottom>
The character to remove adjacent duplicates of
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<B></B><I>OUTSTR</I> </TD><TD valign=bottom>
string with all contiguous adjacent occurrences of CHAR removed
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     <H3>EXAMPLES</H3>

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Sample Program:
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   program demo_squeeze
   use M_strings, only : squeeze
   implicit none
   character(len=:),allocatable :: strings(:)
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   strings=[ character(len=72) :: &
   &#146;&#146;, &
   &#146;"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?" --- Abraham Lincoln&#146;,  &
   &#146;..1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111117777888&#146;, &
   &#146;I never give &#146;&#146;em hell, I just tell the truth, and they think it&#146;&#146;s hell.&#146;,&
   &#146;                                                    --- Harry S Truman&#146;    &
   ]
      call printme( trim(strings(1)), &#146; &#146; )
      call printme( strings(2:4),     [&#146;-&#146;,&#146;7&#146;,&#146;.&#146;] )
      call printme( strings(5),       [&#146; &#146;,&#146;-&#146;,&#146;r&#146;] )
   contains
   impure elemental subroutine printme(str,chr)
   character(len=*),intent(in) :: str
   character(len=1),intent(in) :: chr
   character(len=:),allocatable :: answer
      write(*,&#146;(a)&#146;)repeat(&#146;=&#146;,11)
      write(*,&#146;("IN:   &lt;&lt;&lt;",g0,"&gt;&gt;&gt;")&#146;)str
      answer=squeeze(str,chr)
      write(*,&#146;("OUT:  &lt;&lt;&lt;",g0,"&gt;&gt;&gt;")&#146;)answer
      write(*,&#146;("LENS: ",*(g0,1x))&#146;)"from",len(str),"to",len(answer), &
              & "for a change of",len(str)-len(answer)
      write(*,&#146;("CHAR: ",g0)&#146;)chr
   end subroutine printme
   end program demo_squeeze
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     <H3>AUTHOR</H3>

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John S. Urban
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     <H3>LICENSE</H3>

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Public Domain
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